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HOW DARE YOU LACK SYMPATHY FOR A POOR WIDOW?
August 24, 2005
Sometimes it's easy, actually:
"Ms. Mishne was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2004 slaying of her husband, Mickey Mishne. Ms. Mishne's boyfriend is serving a life sentence for aggravated murder in connection with the killing. Now Ms. Mishne has filed papers to collect a portion of her husband's estate -- this article has the details. (Evidently Mr. Mishne left most of his property to her under his Will, although the article suggests that Ms. Mishne is making her claim as surviving spouse.)"
The Death and Taxes blog has the whole story.
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Kinda like the kid that kills his parents, then throws himself on the mercy of the court because he's an orphan.
I thought it was settled law that one may not profit from one's crimes (as appears to be the case here).
By way of example, a murderer can't collect on his victim's life insurance policy. Seems like that would also apply to the victim's estate, no?
[I'm not a lawyer, and I don't play one on the teevee]
Posted by: hgstern | August 24, 2005 9:04 AM
The D&T post says the case shows a flaw in Ohio law - you don't get a widow share for murder, but it doesn't say anything about manslaugher. I wonder if it's like that in Iowa.
Posted by: Joe Kristan | August 24, 2005 9:39 AM
I'd deny any benefits to her just on the basis of that mullet.
Posted by: 29 | August 24, 2005 9:49 AM
Wow, that is quite a hairdo (or hairdon't, if you prefer).
It looks like Iowa's slayer statute is located in sections 633.535 and 633.536 of the Code. I'm not an Iowa attorney, but it looks like the statute uses the "intentionally and unjustifiably" standard, just like Illinois does.
Posted by: Joel S. | August 24, 2005 10:08 AM